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Beane talks free agents, Allen, Brady
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Apr 07, 2020
In his one hour-plus teleconference with the team media last week, Bills general manager Brandon Beane fielded many more questions than those about th...
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Bills’ Beane adjusting to virus’ effect
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Apr 04, 2020
The elephant-in-the-room question was coming, it was just a matter of when. Finally, late in Thursday’s one hour-plus session with the team’s media vi...
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It’s too early for Bills to be named champs
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Apr 01, 2020
The reaction was near-instant. From the moment Tom Brady left the Patriots for the Buccaneers, via free agency, the mantra started. The perception was...
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How about some Bona trivia to help pass the time?
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J.P. BUTLER and JOHN BUTLER Special to The Era 
Mar 27, 2020
Five years ago, it was a fun way to finish off a work night. My friend and former co-worker, the assistant city manager at the time, happened to work ...
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Moore was a Bills’ ‘bust’ but circumstantially
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Mar 26, 2020
The Bills have had their share of first-round busts since the common NFL Draft started in 1967. By then the National and American football leagues had...
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Big 30 makes 6th round of additions
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Mar 25, 2020
The sixth group of six players named to the 47th annual Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic has been released. This year’s game is set for the night of ...
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‘League season,’ Diggs trade, Bills’ free agent addees
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Mar 19, 2020
Some thoughts on the NFL’s “league season,” the Stefon Diggs trade and Buffalo’s activity in this year’s free agent market: — The National Football Le...
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Major trade, 5 free agents for the Bills
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Mar 18, 2020
It’s the National Football League’s oxymoron time of year, you know like Required Donation, Jumbo Shrimp and Paid Volunteer? In the NFL it’s “Legal Ta...
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Coudy girls, Ridgway boys in Sweet 16 action today
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JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
Mar 11, 2020
The PIAA Sweet 16 round continues today, with two local teams gearing up for Round Two tilts. In Class A girls action, Coudersport will take on Blackl...
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Six more athletes named to 2020 Big 30 team
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Feb 26, 2020
The second group of six players named to the 47th annual Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic has been released. This year’s game is set for the night of...
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Charities Classic adds first 6 players
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Feb 18, 2020
The Big 30 announced over the weekend the first three players to be added to each the New York and Pennsylvania rosters of the 2020 Charities Classic....
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Heindl, Ridgway staff excited for Big 30 opportunity
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JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
Feb 13, 2020
The accomplishments go on and on for Ridgway head coach Mark Heindl. In 2017, he was named Big 30 Coach of the Year. In both 2018 and 2019 he was hono...
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Coudy outslugs Port A girls in battle of NTL’s best
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ANTHONY SAMBROTTO asambrotto@bradfordera.com 
Jan 30, 2020
PORT ALLEGANY — Wednesday night’s matchup between Coudersport and Port Allegany had just about everything you’d expect from a late-season game between...
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Pollock: notes on NFL title games; Adams
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jan 21, 2020
Some thoughts on the National Football League conference championship games and more on former Bonnie Jaylen Adams: — It’s not exactly what the NFL wa...
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Top offseason priorities for Bills, Steelers
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ANTHONY SAMBROTTO asambrotto@bradfordera.com 
Jan 08, 2020
When the Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills met for their critical Sunday Night Football matchup on Dec. 15, both teams came in with a bundle of mo...
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No, I didn’t blame Allen for Bills’ loss
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jan 07, 2020
Yesterday’s column, which raised the question of whether Josh Allen is indeed the Bills’ “franchise quarterback” of the future evoked all manner of re...
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